Father Ted

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My favourite episode was on More4 earlier - The Mainland. I've seen it so many times but it still makes me cry laughing.

My dad and my ex boyfriend are Irish and they nearly came to blows in a restaurant fighting over who was paying the bill

That scene where Bishop Brennan’s visiting and Dougal’s been warned not to mention his child and he sits there and then blurts out “how’s the son?”

Can't tell you how many times I've said 'the money was only resting in the account'!

I’m watching the mainland now
I’m a bit drunk, this was an opportune thread
Ted is about to punk meldrew

The kid's duvet sets they have!!

Dougal fucking did him over

There is an episode of Frasier that has Bishop Brennan in it. Well, not Bishop Brennan obviously, but the actor who played him. He was American in Frasier though!

And on that note 'don't call me Len you little prick!'

So many brilliant episodes. Particular favourites are Kicking Bishop Brennan up the Arse, A Song For Europe, Hell, Think Fast Father Ted and Speed 3. Loved Graham Norton in his episodes - "I'm putting you on my list of enemies now Tony. Nooo not really, look what I wrote "I really like Tony!"

"A Song for Europe" is one of my favorite episodes with "My Lovely Horse" as their entry.

I still think the one with Pat Mustard is the best one though!

How's your bra?

Is there anything to be said for saying another Mass?

Love them all. DH and Ihave so many Fr Ted sayings that we use all the time.

An Post are bringing out a set of Father Ted postage stamps on Thursday this week - they asked people to nominate their favourite scenes/quotes for possible design inclusion. Needless to say, Kicking Bishop Brennan up the Arse polled highest by far, but they can't put that on a stamp

Down with that sort of thing!! Careful now!

Gwan gwan gwan gwan gwan gwan gwan

Father Jack should have been Pope! He would have been perfect in the job!

Great meme @LillianBland! I did like the Eurovision one, "My Lovely Horse" also the most boring priest in the world, Father Purcell, who just went on about boilers.

Those awful pictures on the wall of the sacred heart and the BVM that every Irish Catholic will recognise.

I remember being so shocked when he died in 1996 or so? At that time the Catholic Church had not quite had its fingers prised off its stranglehold on the neck of Ireland and Dermot Morgan was still considered controversial and and dangerous by that establishment!!

I love the Song for Europe episode. My lovely horse :)

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And poor Mrs Doyle when they bought her a Teasmaid

“Maybe I like the misery”

No, I'm fine thanks. I'll see it again some time.

I love my briiiiiick! 😂

And the Spider baby

My favourite FT moment was when they’re testing the Christmas lights...”they’re on Ted, they’re off, they’re on, they’re off”

Classic.

Best scene ever!

I love the one where Mrs Doyle dons a protective helmet to clip Father Jack's nails. The sight of them curling around the end of the chair airms, looking like claws, then the moment a stray clipping shatters the window, it just cracks me up every time.

The one with the rabbits is great, too. Most of the storylines are totally ludicrous, but the way the characters all just accept their reality as the norm is what makes it all so funny. DH doesn't understand why I love it so much. He thinks it's all a bit silly. I think that's its charm.

Bored of

Briiiiiiiiiick

I love the Song for Europe episode too.

"Anyway, the song was called Vienna."

"Just play the fucking note."